There are 4 ways to get from Athens to Costa Rica by plane, shuttle, or taxi
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane ATH - SJO
20h 16m$511–1,212Fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane ATH - LIO
34h 39m$332–1,425Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane ATH - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
32h 18m$1,284–3,289Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane ATH - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
22h 19m$530–1,670
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $1,300 and takes 20h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 20h 16m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Athens and Costa Rica is 10909 km.
It takes approximately 20h 16m to get from Athens to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 9h behind Athens. It is currently 12:21 PM in Athens and 3:21 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 752+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Costa Rica?
Air Canada, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Washington Dulles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via London Heathrow, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Frankfurt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Limón International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 23m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liberia International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- costaricagreenair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
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